A true culture cannot come to
life under present conditions.
It will be time enough to talk
of the black genius when the
black man has regained his
rightful place.
“Voice of Black Liberation’’
No. 1
Month of November /fi,';
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4 P. s
MALCOLM X U. -- NEW LIGH^
FOR OPPRESSED PEOPLE
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Oh! Happy Day — For Everybody
Power to the People!!
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Soul Food at Hillside Park
BLACK INK
If at all possible the BSM’s
new newspaper would be print
ed black letters on black back
ground. However, one must be
realistic. The idea of blackness
is great, but technically the con
cept is not adaptable in print
ing.
Therefore the best thought,
and one with better reasoning,
would be a concept of black
ink expressing black ideas.
“Black Ink” will attempt td
do just that for black students
and the black community.
There is no easy way to put
3ut a good newspaper. It takes
time and effort. A publication
is not generally considered a
newspaper unless it comes out
at least once a week. This will
be a bit ambitious for us at
first. So, fittingly we might call
it a journal to better explain
it technically.
More important is content.
We, as black people, are fully
aware of the inequities present
in the white communications
media. From radio, television
and printed publications, black
people have always been slight
ed in their news coverage. More
crippling is the white coloring
of news which prevents black
people from getting themselves
together.”
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All in a day;
One beautiful day
My people escape
the womb.
Born! Born!
To be us.
Oh! What a beautiful morn
ing, evening and night. Satur
day, October 25 was an awaken
ing day for black people in Dur
ham, the state and the nation.
To the young, the opening of
Malcolm X Liberation Universi
ty became a symbol of whaL
would be accomplished through
hard work and determination.
To the old, the decication
served to rekindle a dream that
people one day might truly be
free.
“I feel good today!” pro
claimed Howard Fuller, HNIC
of Malcolm X U.
Everybody felt good, at least
on the southside of the tracks.
MALCOLM X U.
DEDICATED
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When a community has two
momentous events taking place
in the same week, that commu
nity has every reason to be'
happy and proud. So was the
Durham Black community re
cently. The National Confer
ence of the Student Organiza
tion for Black Unity (SOBU)
was held ip Durham the same
week that the Malcolm X Libe
ration University (MXLU) was
dedicated.
The idea for MXLU came out
of a movement by Black stu
dents at Duke University to
make that institution relevant
to Black people. On April of
1969, the idea became a reality
in the founding of MXLU on a
part time basis. The response
was overwhelming and the de
cision was made to pursue the
development of MXLU on a full
time basis. '
The overriding purpose of
MXLU is to provide a frame
work within which black edu
cation can become relevant to
the needs of Black people and
the struggle for Black Libera
tion.
Training at MXLU will be
geared toward analysis of exist
ing political, social, and eco
nomic systems and all institu
tions of colonialism and im
perialism. MXLU hopes to de
velop and crytalize positive
awareness for black people and
create an educational process
that builds techniques and
creates skills in black me’-' and
women.
Both the students and staff
will be expected to live in the
black community and work
closely with the people lO de-
V€,‘lop their subject matte: o the
fullest.
The curriculum or the first
Pvirtion of the term is titled
Nation Building and includes
topics such as:
Brother Fuller Livens-Up Parade Route
Brothers Bear The Liberation Flag
Everything Was Funky — Real Funky
1. Independent African
Civilization
2. Slavery
3. Colonialism
4. Neo-Colonialism
5. Independent African World.
The second portion of the cur
riculum will provide extensive
technical training with ex-^
tended periods of field work in
the community to complement
the classroom experience.
Over 2000 people, mainly
Blacks from in and around
North Carolina, representatives
of Blacks organizations from,
other states and Universities
African students and repre
sentatives of the Durham black
community were present at the
dedication ceremony.
Among the distinguish
speakers were the widow
Malcolm X, Mrs. Betty Shaba
Dr. Reginald Hawkins, a Ch
lotte dentist and 1968 candid'
for governor who has alw;
been active in the affairs
the people, Howard Full-
director of the University, s.
many others. All the speak
called on Black people to ur
and grasp the fact that tl
and they alone can build up
Black community to a positi.
of pride.
Dancing, singing and s
food were a feature of the d-
long celebration. There was
African parade to the MXi
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